Contents

A bit about us
A bit for job seekers
A bit for agencies and employers
A bit about our team
A bit about Aviation Courses

John is in charge of sales and marketing, and he's spent pretty much his entire career in airline safety, recruitment and training, so he really knows his stuff. He's well known to the majority of the airlines and aviation companies who advertise with us.

John spends much of his time on business trips, representing AJS and IRT around the world. He's forced to stay in swanky hotels, consume gourmet food and drink, and mingle with the aviation industry's elite. It's a nasty, nasty job, but someone has to do it, and he's very gracious about it. He has what should be officially recognised as the world's worst handwriting, but we are prepared to overlook that minor detail, as he seems to have done all right for himself in spite of it.

Tim looks after the day-to-day running of the company, heading up all the necessary operations required to make our websites run like clockwork. Like John he has worked in the aviation industry for years (although maybe not quite so many, youth is still on his side…just) so he has an excellent understanding of the way the industry works.

Since having his daughter, Tim claims not to have much spare time, yet still manages to play the odd game of golf, squash and tennis. Not at the same time we hasten to add…although that could be interesting to watch. He also has a penchant for poker, recently winning £4.5k in a large European tournament. By our rough calculations the next 86 rounds are on you Tim...

Matt has worked his way from assistant online football editor to group sales manager of recruitment in one, slightly wonky, career path. He's worked on the Interweb since '96 (back in the day), and has been with IRT for four years. In his own words he's "enjoyed the highs, suffered the lows."

Everyone at AJS is dedicated, but Matt has discovered a level of workaholism hitherto unknown. We're not sure he ever goes home. When asked what he likes to do in his spare time he was reluctant to share – whether that's because he has no time for hobbies, or because he's embarrassed about the ones he has, we have yet to find out. But we will find out...

The following was written by Matt himself – the views expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinions of IRT, or for that matter, anyone else in the world.

"Matt Burney...Living the dream, legend in his own lunchtime and all round top geezer. Sells for all the IRT sites and he's the best in the world at it. Legendary sportsman, rally and race driver, international maverick and sales supremo. Joined the company a year ago and frankly, turned its fortunes around, offering a level of professionalism and leadership only dreamed of by most organisations.

"Matt is available as a freelance bon vivant and 'life and soul of the party' for hire, additionally any low level spying and top end stunt work will be considered. Contract killings by appointment only."

Ed: There are no words

If you phone up to speak to someone about your AJS magazine advertising, chances are it'll be Stuart you talk to. He came to IRT fresh-faced from uni, bringing his own inimitable brand of humour and charm with him, and now manages the AviationJobsearch publication.

Stu is IRT's resident 'cheeky chappie'. He drives a girl's car, likes hip-hop and basketball, and has a 'fact of the day' calendar that he reads every morning. Trivia is his life. He is always gloriously tanned, which is odd considering the lack of sun for the better part of the year. David Dickinson, eat your heart out.

Gav is Account Manager for AJS (and for one of our sister sites, TravelJobsearch), both online and for the magazine. He has a passion for anything fast enough to do something stupid in, and talks constantly about cars and superbikes. He's also a film connoisseur, and can recite large amounts of script dialogue on demand. He enjoys working out at his local gym, but is a long way from possessing the physique of a legendary sportsman like Matt Burney.

Gav isn't one to lead the way in office banter, but is more than happy to partake in a game of table football with no physical force required. He has a deep and heartfelt passion for milkshakes that cannot be denied - if you felt like sending him a strawberry one as a little gift, that would make him smile. Bless his cottons.

Bryn does the marketing for all the IRT sites. He has a background in national press (he reads a newspaper every morning), and joined IRT in June 2005. He works very hard and always eats interesting food at lunchtime. One of his favourite foods is Melanzani Parmigiana (we're not even sure what that is, that's how interesting it is).

In his spare time he plays bass in an Indy band called Fuji Heavy (shameless plug). Bryn is a modest man, who doesn't like to talk about himself. But when we cruelly tortured him to comment, he blushed coyly and stated the following, "I tell hilarious jokes, I'm handsome bordering on beautiful, sharp witted and virile beyond belief." Like we said, modest to a fault.

Dan is the mortar holding the IRT bricks together. He quietly goes about his daily work doing the necessary admin chores, and helping with the day-to-day running of the sites, sales and marketing. Basically he stops the whole darned thing from falling apart.

Dan is somewhat of an enigma. He rarely speaks, but when he does what he says is invariably humorous. He's very good at judging, almost to the second, when the team is starting to flag and requires caffeine fetching from the plasticky vending machine, and sometimes he even tempts us with little foody treats. We like that.